Rave: Congrats, @Jimmy James, you're still getting a raise AND bonus in these "trying times". Rant: I am NOT getting a raise or bonus for the second year in a row because "the firm had to beef up cybersecurity and buy 75 new laptops" - that's a direct quote from our COO. The ONE senior paralegal in my dept. with 20 years of experience (who was my mentor) decided to retire during our office shut down earlier this year and the other paralegal who was also a huge resource for me quit and found another job in an accounting firm. That leaves me and one other paralegal in our department (estate administration) to clean up their files as well as work on ours. I currently have about 60 active files - that's A LOT of dead people and their families. Another paralegal was supposed to start on 11/23. She worked here previously, but they fired her for never showing up. They were going to rehire her, not as a "new hire" but as a "rehire", which means she would start with four weeks vacation and be getting paid 30k more than me. How do I know this, you ask? Well, our dumbass office manager left her paperwork in the main copy room. This place is such a shit show and I don't get paid enough to have this much stress.
Rant: Just got one quote for redoing the siding and some windows in my house. It is a fare size house so I wasn't expecting it to be a small bill but i was expecting 100k, got the quote 170k plus tax.
Rave: I just rented a suite to start working from and I'm torn between hyperventilation and happiness. The rent is more than our mortgage. by a lot.
RAVE: 70 degrees in Dec? That'll work RANT: Global warming RANT: It's my buddies birthday and our NFL teams are playing each other but they're not airing it in our area.
Rave: I just paid $500 for a 2011 GMC Savannah 3500 Van! NEW LS-SWAP DONOR VEHICLE! Rant: It's only got a 4.8. Rave: It's a box-van, so now I can finally empty out my storage unit!
Rave: Funding got approved and I'm now enrolled for a Cert IV in Mental Health Rant: My Opa had a stroke Saturday night, he's in hospital and should be ok given time but not the best news.
RANT: 80 hr work week to try and meet Production release deadline for a client, only to find a major "no go" bug 2 days before roll-out that results in an additional 1-2 weeks worth of heavy work. That light at the end of the tunnel? It was a train. Merry Fucking Xmas. RANT: I'm getting too old for this shit. RAVE: Major, fun, healthy work focus shift in January.
Rant: We've never needed a sediment filter for our water, it's always been clean and clear. Until the power company drilled for a new power pole across the road. I guess that stirred up or vibrated the well enough that it made it undrinkable. You can feel the sand and grit in your teeth when you take a swallow of coffee. I assume it's going to settle down eventually, but I installed a sediment filter anyway.
RANT: I mentioned that I bought a new fridge online, as recommended by Popped Cherries here: https://www.theidiotboard.com/threads/the-homesteading-thread.254901/page-9#post-646561 Well, it turns out that Lowe's online store lists the floor-model as part of their stock, WHICH THEY WILL NOT SELL FOR ANY PRICE, UNLESS THE MODEL IS DISCONTINUED. I didn't find this out until after TWO cancelled orders. Finally, I called a Lowe's* that had two in stock in the next county over. I placed my order last night. Jungle Julia and I drive an hour away, and once we get there, they tell us that the order was cancelled AGAIN. They literally cancelled the order right once we left the house. They showed the sellable unit in stock, but no one could find it. "Then you better shit one!" was what I wanted to say, but the guy at this store really seemed to want to help, and he said that he'd look himself. RAVE: After a tense 20 minutes in which Jungle Julia tried to talk me into buying a similar fridge for $1,000 more than the one I was after, the guy finally showed up and said that it was indeed there, but it wasn't in its usual spot because it was damaged in shipping. The damage: One of the plastic trays inside was broken. I said fuck it, how much? THEY SOLD IT TO ME FOR $500!!! *The reason I was making a big deal about buying it from Lowe's was because they had it on sale for $500-off until the 15th. So basically, I got a $1,500 refrigerator for $1,000-off.
RANT: My supervisor and I share an office and he tested positive today, my test is scheduled for tomorrow. Quarantine Christmas coming up.
The SO works for a large construction company. One of the guys on a separate crew tested positive. He had his test administered last Friday after work, AFTER he had felt crappy all week and, AFTER he had worked with others all fucking week. And, he didn't say one fucking word to anyone until he got his results yesterday afternoon. The entire operation is now shut down. A handful are getting tested today, the SO is one of them. How in the fuck do you not see or know what is happening? How much of a selfish fucking dickbag are you to not say anything? I haven't been this angry in a long time. Many of his co workers have kids and Christmas is around the corner. It's just beyond me to sit on that kind of info. He's a long time employee and a good one so it's not like there would have been any backlash from the company. Now instead, the Boss who is cool as hell, is paying them all at least until the results are in. Lose lose./rant
Rave: The baby is a boy. Yay. Rant: My father-in-law is a total piece of shit. How much effort does it take to dial into a Zoom call for your grandchild’s virtual gender reveal party? What a douchebag.
Rave: one long on-going project DONE. God dealing with contractors is painful sometimes. But we got our new heat pump water heater put in the garage and the old one in the inside utility room removed. Now we can lay the floors in that small room and the whole downstairs flooring project will be done.
Rave: Today was my last day at work in Defence for the foreseeable future. It's the study life for at least the next six months or so, some trips inside Aus planned with the partner and hopefully make some good job connections during this course.
Rave: Probably snow day tomorrow since we're currently getting slammed with a Noreaster, probable 12+ inches expected. Rant: Having to plow and shovel a fucking foot of snow in the morning. Rave: Good outlook for a white Christmas.
Big Rave. One of the twins is completing the purchase of his first brand new auto. A 2021 Mazda3 in Dark Cobalt Blue. He saved up enough to put almost half down on the vehicle. His credit is allowing him to qualify for .9% financing, no need for daddy to have to cosign. I am so fucking proud I cannot stand it. Yes, he does admit he is scared to death.
RANT: As I've previously said, we're huge Jeopardy fans but shit fuck Direct TV has had some contract issues and we've missed several weeks on Alex's last shows. Assholes.